Kick a group of people while they’re down.

Sure some of what you say is true, but it doesn’t apply to everyone who works for newspapers.

Newspaper companies, and individual journalists, are working hard to embrace the new media. It’s not easy for many reasons, which you seem to be aware.

A whole industry can’t blink and morph into a new form that quickly.

Once the transformation is complete, the general public will continue to rely on the experts to learn to story.